Definition of pinch

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Pinch (v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.

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Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Hunger-bitten :: Hunger-bitten (a.) Pinched or weakened by hunger.
Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.
Nipping :: Nipping (a.) Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind..
Pinching :: Pinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pinc.
Nip :: Nip (n.) A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice..
Skinch :: Skinch (v. t. & i.) To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4..
Hungered :: Hungered (a.) Hungry; pinched for food.
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains..
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip..
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry..
Pinchfist :: Pinchfist (n.) A closefisted person; a miser.
Gripe :: Gripe (v. t.) To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does..
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) Pian; pang.
Outsider :: Outsider (n.) A locksmith's pinchers for grasping the point of a key in the keyhole, to open a door from the outside when the key is inside..
Scrimp :: Scrimp (n.) A pinching miser; a niggard.
Necessitous :: Necessitous (a.) Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances..
Clam :: Clam (v. t.) Strong pinchers or forceps.
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